Romeo adopted

 His new people fell in love with him on Saturday and took him home. Seemed like a match made in heaven to me. I hope he finds it so. On Sunday I brought Aslan home to have some R & R after I thoroughly vacuumed all Romeo's hair off the carpet. I don't think he has taken any notice of "other cat" smellls. He is just interested in finding the food. He can jump up onto the kitchen benches (unlike Romeo who kept all paws on the ground at all time). So never has my kitchen been so neat and clean.

As he is quite thin (4.2Kg) I will put him on normal rations to see if that diminishes the food drive. 

Today we are up to 41 adoptions for August. Including Mateo who was spotted at the Cat Show by an enthusiastic dad who came at 10am to adopt him. It would have been 43 if the computer had cooperated when I did the paperwork for Phoenix and Sydney. The new owner didn't want to pick them up until tomorrow or Friday when everything in their house will be ready for them anyway. Now the paperwork is mostly done and Sydney just needs his vaccination before he is set to go. So they have an "ADOPTED" sign on their condo. And Tim will sort out what I did to Shelter Buddy tomorrow.

Sydney and Phoenix

Maple and Benny have moved into Loki and Mieka's condo. The young man kept on coming back.

 

Maple and Benny

I just heard a suspicious noise from the kitchen. Aslan was attempting to open the jars of fish food that I used to keep beside the fish tank. They are now in a drawer. I wonder how long it will take him to catch the tiny tetras! 

Aston is in Alladin and Jasmine's stand alone. Not happy.

Aston

And Brennan is where Doris was for a nanosecond. He is a typical ginger: noisy and demanding.

Brennan

This afternoon the "pregnant mum" had one kitten. Black and white. May not be the last one. She was remarkably relaxed about it. Perhaps it is not her first litter. Which means that there may be many more by tomorrow morning.

Visitors

 A strange variety came in today. 

A mother and her son looking for a cat who would go well with their dog and their rabbit. I referred them to our web page to see if any of those in foster homes have got to know a dog.

A couple and their hyperactive son who wanted to meet Vovo and Velvet. Vovo loved the mother (and vice versa). The son just wanted to squeeze the next cat. The father tried to control the son.

A staff member from next door came to see if we had a suitable cat for her friend who already has a boy cat. I thought perhaps Dixie might be good. She is used to living with another cat and might like to be boss for a change.

Dixie

She might become a volunteer at Safe, she was so impressed.

Griffin was visited by the woman who lusts after China and India. They are still on sneeze watch so are not yet available. So she might end up with Griffitn.

Griffin

Will would like to go with any of the folk who visit Griffin.

willing Will

Ta, da. . . we had a litter delivery just in time.

Rory had his eye operation and is in Boarding because he has a hard cone and Incoming condos are too small. 

Rory

He is against the wall above and to the left of Dawson who can talk to him about being lucky to have one eye. . . . .  He seems to have got chattier recently.

Dawson

And Romeo is probably ready to be adopted. After I put the flea treatment on him and see if it makes him itchy.

Romeo

Varied visitors

 The woman from Lindfield who fell in love with China and India last week came back. They are still on sneeze watch. She has almost decided to take them both because she can't separate them. So I showed her other pairs. And she reverted to "one cat only". So I showed her Griffin and they got on very well together. I think he would cuddle with her within 5 days!

Then a woman who is scheduled for vollie training on Aug 9 came in to check us out. She is keen to return as she has one free day a week between study and work.

And Marissa came to sort out which cats she is to take to be desexed tomorrow morning and had complicated discussions with the vet nurses.

So, I forgot to take any new photos. You will just have to put up with my home movies of Romeo

His favorite place to be is under my sweater.

More kittens

 Were adoped today. Roy, being the littlest available, was no surprise. And a fosterer came in to do the adoption of their foster kitten who they are going to rename Marmite (used to be Porridge).

And more kittens are in Incoming.

This little one was dropped of by a woman who was en route from Sydney to Brisbane when she let the kitten out of the car to have a poo and it ran under another car. She realized that they might not make it home. She had taken on the kitten who was with a pair of young cats: mum and granny or aunty? with a friend. The older cats had been taken off to be desexed. She had taken on the kitten and combed out her fleas.

Goodness knows what she was feeding the kitten on because she has refused Mother and Baby Cat all day. Sharon got her to eat a sachet of chicken risotto (nice and sloppy). I tried her on some cat milk without success. But she wolfed up the Mother and Baby cat crunchies. . . at the end of the day probably because she was really hungry. Should we call her Risotta?

The only carton of milk I could find was a large one so I shared it with other kittens. There is more in the fridge. Calli's four in Isolation: them with the busted door catch. (The door is pushed closed by a pile of boxes/cat carriers that push against it. . . . not very effectively. Today they escaped out of Isolation and explored the store room and Incoming before being rounded up. They might have ringworm. So the front half of Safe was fogged as soon as everybody left. ) A saucer of milk is a great distraction for them while you try to feed them and keep them in their condo. It is a job for a 6 armed warden.

There are two other new, nameless kittens in Incoming. Don't know what their story is. Neither do I like the look of that nose!

Neither Chicken or Goosy have had their kittens. . . . yet.

At home, Romeo is settling in. He spends lots of time sprucing himself up for his potential adopter.

Sunbathing Romeo

Quickest adoption ever

 This afternoon the couple who came on Wednesday and met Pirate Pete came back to adopt him.

I recognized them on Wednesday but didn't know whom they had adopted previously. So today they came again and I put their names into Shelter Buddy and "POP" it knew them and their details. And they remembered all the things that they were told last time. So the adoption went as fast as possible. (Until they gave me $100, in cash, as a donation from their sister to us. The Square wouldn't send a receipt to her email addy. Tim fixed it.)

As soon as they left with Pirate Pete, I looked them up and they had adopted Leon who lived happily with them for two years. [Search Leon to see. We seem to have only had one Leon]. I am sure that they will be even happier with Pirate Pete.

A photographer arrived just after Tim went off to get his lunch with "I am expecting a photographer" comment tossed over his shoulder. The photographer and I decided that the play place would be the best area for photos. Tim arrived and grabbed the kittens in the Palace. There was a photo shoot. I feed cats. The shoot was moved to Better Row and three of the five in Incoming were chosen to be snapped. It took one photographer, one holder of kittens and one mug with a wiggling stick to get the kittens to all look in the same direction. 

I think the photographer was just having fun. 

Check out this Sunday's Telegraph for the FABULOUS PHOTO of OUR CATS!

In the meantime, Romeo is settling down very easily at my house. We have explored upstairs, the verandah and downstairs. He doesn't mind where he is just so long as there is a warm body nearby to love him.

His wounds are healing nicely and he has cleaned his fur from beige to white.

Repeat adopters

 I thought I had done something wrong during Pirate Pete's adoption because he wasn't taken off the "Available for Adoption" list on Safe's webpages. But he is back. After all the telephone calls and time taken to think about it on Friday, his partner rejected Pirate Pete and he was back on Saturday! He doesn't seem upset by his outing. We might have adopted him this afternoon to a mother and son who adopted from us four years ago. That cat is no more (I didn't get that part of the story) so they came back to us. They might be interested in Aslan. Or LeClerc because he is in the same position as their previous cat was. Or Pirate Pete because he is . . . perfect.

LeClerc is ready to GO

There is a new cat in Lola's* old stand alone. Her name is Astrid and she is black except for the white bow on her collar.

Astrid

I heard a strange ticking noise coming from Incoming this afternoon. Lola was sitting on the keyboard of the desktop computer. It was nice and warm. I closed the lid and she sat on that and the ticking stopped. 

And a new cat in Pikachu's condo called Jimmy. He has a wound on his throat. His paperwork was supposed to be in Irene's letterbox when I drove by this morning. But I was too early.

Jimmy

I moved Pikachu's triangular scratchy into Choc and Chip's condo (after cleaning it), They keep chewing off bits of the box that has been with them for a month. Perhaps they will like this one better.

Choc and Chip

Romeo is doing very well. He came when I called his name!

Where for art thou, Romeo?

 Soon after I arrived this afternoon, a couple came back to adopt either Greta or somebody else. Eventually they chose Greta who accepted their cuddles quietly. They have 3 kids: 14, 11 and 3. The three year old might be the problem but they are both experienced cat owners so will deal with it.

Then a man came in to meet Pirate Pete. He likes to adopt cats who have problems. So the lack of a foot appealed to him. After lots of cogitation and discussion, he decided that Pirate Pete would get on with his other cat who has the wobbles.

Caudelia and her two (China and India) have been moved to the stand alone in Isolation. They do have ringworm.

Cordelia, India, China

 Likewise with Ishi and Apricot.

So does one or two of the Spagetti, Pixie, Ekko condo in Welfare.

Not us! We are Choc and Chip

Next to them are Dixie and Pepper. Don't know their history.

Dixie (1-2yo) and Pepper (2-3 yo)

The "unbonded" pair in the condo below Tilly have been adopted too. 

And I brought home Romeo for some R&R.

Romeo

An interesting day

 Firstly, the balcony was piled high with rubbish bags.

Secondly, Rascal let himself out of his condo after breakfast. I warned all the vollies to be extra quiet and efficient today and to keep an eye out for him. Nobody saw him until all the work was done and Romeo went on his escorted walk without his cone on. (Just to make sure that he doesn't scratch himself or eat food that he shouldn't). He often talks as he walks. His escort noticed some faint meows coming from the food selves. Sure enough. There was Rascal. It was easy enough to move boxes of food out of the way, insert his carrier into which he walked without any complaints. The carrier doesn't have a door so manouvering a sheet of cardboard over the door way was tricky. But I managed it and Rascal was put back into his condo. Doesn't really look glad to be home.

Rascal

Joan did the paperwork to adopt Storm. She lusted after him when he was available around Easter but was pipped at the post, so to speak. So when he was returned last week, she cleared a space for him at her home.

Joan and Storm

He already has a place in her heart as you can see by the photo. Mickey's nose may be put out of joint just when he is seeking her company and cuddles.

And the folk who said they might be interested in Hilda and Sunny got in touch to say that they are ready and can come from the other side of the mountains to pick them up this weekend. Then a suspicious lesion was noticed on Sunny's ear. She may be taken to the vet. There is a sign on their condo.

 Mano (who is a female cat!!) was moved to Welfare after being vaccinated and deflea'd. She is a sweetie and should go quickly: perhaps to be the 41st cat adopted in May.

Mano

The laundry shelves were restocked. Thanks to washers.

And the verandah was down to 3 bags thanks mostly to Helen who took off a car full of bags, again.

The council now knows that we are one rubbish bin down thanks to Irene.

Mistaken move

 Irene wanted kittens moved. So I successfully organised vollies to move Chloe, Pikachu and Blaze to the double under Bissie in Welfare. They settled in immediately. Especially Pikachu (the name comes from Pokemon, I am told). The other two are sweet, friendly kittens Pikachu is wary of people (with good reason!)

Chloe, Pikachu and Blaze. . .  L to R

I moved Romeo out of the Play Place back to his condo. He spent most of his time lying in his litterbox in the Play place which is a bit of a waste of the space. 

Then I organised a couple of vollies to move the kittens in Incoming who came together from the same kitten rescuer but who had been in two small condos. I mistakenly had them put into the Play Place. Irene hoped they would go into the Enclosure where Chloe, P & B were. But that might have been a bit close for comfort,

We left Panda behind. He was in a single condo with two older kittens and has become very aggressive about food (because he had to fight for every mouthful). His condo mates, Bagheera and Rama now reunited with George, Samuel and Bear. Later this afternoon I could only see three black and one tabby kitten in the play place. The grey one has hidden himself somewhere. We did take them all there. 

More missing kittens: Two of Peaches kittens are back into Isolation from the vet. One is still there. Two died. Peaches has been moved to condo 6 which she doesn't like because the door is so noisy.

 Cordelia's pair are thriving.

Cordelia's two

Valentine is also thriving. She will soon be as big as that pillow that we got when we had boarders next door over Christmas. 

Valentina

And Irene asked me to weigh Aziza's kittens. They are all too light to be desexed. But I took the opportunity to check their sexes.

Adom is a boy. He is the heaviest. And is ginger and white.

Anat is a ticked tabby girl.

Ali is the tabby girl

Ava is the calico and is, of course, a girl.

 

Yuki adopted this morning

 Which leaves Chi Chi all alone in the condo. And already she is out of the carry case and eating chicken out of Rosanna's fingers! Yuki must have been dominating her.

And Lumi has gone from his foster home. Being a rag doll, even though a short haired rag doll, he didn't last long on the list.

And Archie is at Safe Haven rather than being in a foster home. He looked glum this afternoon.

Archie

Ginger (George) had a couple of wanders this afternoon. 

Ginger's late wander

 Earlier Beans was in a collapsible carrier on his way back from the vet. He had an eye removed and was looking quite sorry for himself until Ginger George wandered over and introduced himself gently. Beans is now where Margot was . . . on top of Joni and her four boys. (I was wrong. She is Joni (Mitchell) not Tina (Turner). But Katie has claimed "Tina" for the next wild child who comes in.)

It is a pity that Dexter never seems to get a turn. Even Opie had a go. and he was easy to entice back into his stand alone with TD's.

Dexter

I asked after Nancy's Sid who went to a foster home. It seems that he left the building quite soon afterwards and hasn't been seen much since. Wonder if he compares escape stories with Romeo?

I  am sure that the morning vollies cleaned Tibby and Tabby's condo this morning. But I also cleaned it  this afternoon. . . . twice. Tabby sure knows how to wreck the joint! She is also equipped with 20 very sharp claws that go in all directions. Rosanna required bandaging when she picked up Tabby. I tried to wrap her in a cloth to trim her nails and got slashed as well. We have decided that the vet can trim her nails when she is under anaesthetic next week to be desexed. We will just have to keep them short.

Good news

Romeo and Juliette were adopted over the weekend. It seems that they are settled into a room and hissing at their new owners. And, as predicted, George was adopted too. I imagine that he is sleeping with them and telling them when he wants to eat.

Sue or Slav?

 We have, in the last 5 years taken in almost a 1000 cats and dogs. We are up to 995 with Slav, our latest Good Samaritan rescue today. The woman who brought her in said that we should call her Sue.

Where Simba and Khandi were is another exotic sounding family of 6-12 month olds (closer to 12 months, I'd say): Akela, Rafiki, Diego and Samira. We needed another Diego! They were hiding in their carriers and I can't see 4 cats. Somebody must be being sat on.

Akela, Rafiki, Diego, Samira

And next to Amelia we have Chloe who is pretty but stunned that she is where she is not where she would rather be. . . . at home.

Chloe

 I put Tommy and Mia into the play place this afternoon mostly so that I could have a good cuddle with Tommy before he and Mia get collected on Sunday. He is a marvellous lap cat. I even managed to trim 6 of his nails. Mia accepts caresses but is not quite up to a lap.

Back in the 90's

 We had 90 cats and 2 rabbits this morning when I arrived. But 4 (or 5) boarders arrived and two went home so we are still over 90 but not quite to 100!

The garbage men were VERY early this morning. When I arrived at 6:50am, they had already collected the commercial as well as the residential bins. Which means that every vollie should take home at least one bag, please, because I didn't have the opportunity to put our extra 18, or so, bags into other peoples' bins. And those were last week's bags. We will have more bags this week because of more cats. 

The Canin condo has been moved into the main cat room with its cargo of Sabrina and her kittens.

The only way to control five of the kittens is to put them into a carrier. It is a very full carrier. Lulu (the short haired tuxedo sticks close to Sabrina).

a container of kitten mischief

A woman rang early to get directions to come to meet Romeo and Juliette. I quickly cleaned their condo to make them ready for visitors. It required Gumption. The whole family arrived. The rather deaf mum  wants a cat (or two) to replace her beloved but stand-offish previous cat. Her husband, her daughter and her grandson (last two visiting from the UK). Romeo and Juliette were overwhelmed and hid in their carrier, together. . . . or was it the lingering smell of Gumption? Disappointed the family asked to see others. We went through the lot and husband, daughter and grandson liked Trixie the best. She behaved beautifully and purred in everybody's arms. But the mum was hesitant about the potential cost of her swollen salivary glands and decided that she liked one of Sabrina's best. They are not yet available but probably will be tomorrow.

Coco had demolished her box and I couldn't find a suitable replacement so gave her one of the "cat towers" that teeter on top of the D kitten's condo. She loves it. When she has chewed her way through the tower I will put $5 in the donation box.

Coco has a new box

Between these visitors and the boarders and their owners who kept coming and going, and being two vollies down, it was a busy day. A man even came to sell us some kind of Vet Clinic package. A woman came from the local funeral home to give us stuff left over from her recently dead pug (at 12 and a half years old, he was a very old pug) and cat beds. So busy that we didn't have time to make a fuss of Mayka who has graduated to the next age group. No more kitten food for her.

Speaking of food, we are desperately short of wet food. If you have any that your cats have rejected, please donate it to the Safe cats.

Sick kittens galore

 I was too busy to count the number of cats this morning. Amy's wheely is filled with a mum [Sabrina] and her 6 kittens one of whom has a UTI, 5 have the flu and one, smaller than the rest and a smooth haired tuxedo looks perfectly well. He sticks close to the mother. I wonder if he is her kitten? 

 [Later Irene added: Lulu, the black and white tuxedo kitten in the glass cage is not Sabrina’s kitten. The lady who rescued Sabrina had trapped a spare kitten and just added it to the family.]

And Wanda's little grey adoptee (named Midsommer) has stuck-closed eyes that need to be bathed open and ointment applied as well as an eighth of a pill given. And there are two kittens from a foster home with ringworm. The friendlier one isn't as badly affected. It is the shy one that has to be ointmented. And they both have to have nasty medi. 

Bonnie and Lemmy were taken off to be desexed.

Bonnie came back shattered.

Post op Bonnie

Bonnie last Friday

Lemmy was full of beans and ready to PLAY.

Lemmy

Lemmy last week

We had a delivery of 20 litter trays. They each came in a separate cardboard box wrapped in two pieces of bubble wrap. Luckily, the bloke down the corridor spotted the flattened boxes and took them all plus the bubble wrap. He is the nice father of the girl who loved Chris and who has two dogs in his office all day.

A woman came to meet Romeo and Juliette whom she rather fancied from the web site. 

Her partner fancied Ziggy. We took videos of her relating to those cats. Then she spotted Augustus who is a kiss magnet and she went away without a cat.
 

Augustus

She did buy a T-shirt and gave us a donation. I expect they will be back on the weekend.

I introduced her to Max. He bit her when she got too friendly.

Max